As Twitchy reported, AGW skeptic Steven Goddard’s Twitter account has been suspended. Coincidence? Who knows? But many tweeters can’t help but suspect Goddard is being punished for his climate change heresy.
Science! Holy Church of the Climate Apocalypse puts @SteveSGoddard into Twitter gulag; raise hell with @Support to reinstate his account.
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) March 23, 2015
@Twitter @support 1. Reinstate @SteveSGoddard immediately. 2. Ban the sandbox fascists who abuse your "report" button to shut down opinions.
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) March 23, 2015
@DKapitalist @SteveSGoddard @Support Nothing says "I love science" like a shutting up people through a coordinated Twitter ban attack.
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) March 23, 2015
@Support Here are your own rules. In what way was @SteveSGoddard even remotely violating any of them? https://t.co/FTDoHeCw0r
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) March 23, 2015
@Support I guess your algorithm works thusly: "if account has < X followers and > Y abuse reports, suspend account." [1/2]
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) March 23, 2015
@Support Here's another algorithm: if an "abuse" suspension turns out to be groundless, ban every last account who reported it. [2/2]
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) March 23, 2015
Obviously, there are several reasons to reinstate Goddard’s account. Free speech. Diversity of opinion. Not looking like a bunch of jerks. But here’s one we didn’t foresee:
Until @SteveSGoddard is reinstated, I'm off Twitter.
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) March 23, 2015
Dude. That is not a threat to be taken lightly.
https://twitter.com/ScottInSC/status/580069085083471873
https://twitter.com/uhavenocontrol/status/580069391481507840
@iowahawkblog @SteveSGoddard Don't leave us!
— ゴゴゴThe Juudeゴゴゴ (@juukuchi) March 23, 2015
@iowahawkblog @SteveSGoddard NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
— Peter Larson (@peterlarson233) March 23, 2015
Hey!!! @Support You're gonna piss me off! @iowahawkblog @SteveSGoddard
— John (@gpgob) March 23, 2015
https://twitter.com/ChelieinTX/status/580070239783649282
Whoah! Stuff just got serious. RT @iowahawkblog Until @SteveSGoddard is reinstated, I'm off Twitter.
— Soquel by the Creek (@SoquelCreek) March 23, 2015
@iowahawkblog @SteveSGoddard I would rather drive a Prius than lose IowaHawk.
— Hawkeye005 (@Hawkeye005) March 23, 2015
That goes double for us. Get your act together, Twitter. Now.
@iowahawkblog @SteveSGoddard NO! If this happens, the Tweet Police will have silenced TWO free thinkers! #FightTheGoodFight
— KillfileVictim847238 (@TheKFV) March 23, 2015
@iowahawkblog @twitter @Support
REINSTATE @SteveSGoddard – its right thing to do!
Plus not sure how long I can go w/o my Iowahawk fix….— Hootyman (@TheHootyman) March 23, 2015
.@support reinstate –> @SteveSGoddard For the love of twitter and what is right in the world (aka @iowahawkblog) DO IT !!
— Max Q ⚡ (@Randy_Shannon) March 23, 2015
(Hat tip: @OhioCoastie)
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